Lock lid for journal boxes



June 18, 1935. A. c. SCHMOHL. El AL LOCK LID FOR JOURNAL BOXES Filed Jan. 17, 1929 Patented June 18, 1935 &?

UNlTED ra s rrnr orrios LUCK LID FOR JOURNAL BQXES Alfred. C. Schmohl, Beaver Falls, and .lohn 1?.

Anderson, Koppel, Pa.

Application January 17, 1929, Serial No. 333,077

5 Claims. (Cl. 308-51) An object of our invention is to provide a it] which has one end in engagement with the lid means for locking the lid of a railway car journal and the other end adapted to engage with a porbox in a closed position to prevent theft of the tion of the bOX when the lid is mounted thereon; journal brasses. Figsl and 2 show in full lines the position of 5 Another object of our invention is to provide a the member it when the lid is free of the box and 5 locking lid which may be applied to a railway car in dot and dash lines the position assumed by journal box and be locked in closed position. the member iii when the lid is mounted on the A further object of our invention is to provide journal box and the member it is in engagea locking mechanism which cannot be unlocked ment with the portion it of the box. This disby use of the fingers and which requires a speplacement of one end of the resilient member 0 cially formed tool for operating. causes the lid to remain open when unlocked and Referring to the drawing, Fig. l is a plan view by so doing assists in bringing to the attention of a journal box lid embodying one form of our of the operator the fact that the box lid is uninvention; Fig. 2 is a section taken along the locked. g

5- lines 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a plan view of a When the lid is in closed position and the journal box lid embodying a'modification of our special tool is inserted through the opening 8 of invention; Fig. l is a section taken along the lines the housing 3 and'in engagement with the head 4.4 of Fi 3, 9 of the member i, by turning the member in Referring now in detail to the drawing where one direction the member 6 is moved into engagelike reference characters refer to like parts, reiment with the portion i2 of the journal box and 0 erence character i indicates aportionof the jourwhen turned in the opposite direction is moved nal box, as shown in dot and dash lines on Figs. out of engagement with the box. In this manner 1 and 2; reference character 2 indicates the jourthe lid can be closed and the member 6 mov d nal box lid which is hinged to one side of the box into engagement with the journal box, locking the in the usual manner. lid in a closed position. The lid cannot be then 25 Formed integral with the lid 2 is a housing 3 unlocked or opened accidentally until the memwhich contains the lid locking mechanism comher 3 is turned as previously stated. prising arotatable member t suitably mounted in Figs. 3 and 4 show a modification of my inthe walls 5 of the housing 3. Suitably formed vention in which reference character l3 indicates portions of the member d engage with the walls a portion of a journal box as shown in dot and 30 5 and prevent displacement of that member from dash lines, having a lid it hinged at one side its mountings while permitting free rotation on thereof in the usual manner. A housing i5 is its longitudinal axis. A box engaging member 5 formed integral with the lid and contains the is mounted on the member i, and has the portion locking member It and lock operating member thereof in contact with the member 1 formed ll. At one end of the housing I5 is a resilient 35 with suitable threads to engage with the corremember it which engages with a portion IQ of spending threads i of the member l. The walls 5 the journal box to cause the lid to remain in form stops which limit the movement of the op e p s W unlocked- The ki member 6 longitudinally of the member 5. At member it, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, is tiltably one end of the member t and accessible from the mounted within the housing 15 and has a por- 40 exterior of the box through the opening 8 in the t on 3 Which engages W t the bOX when the housing 3 is a suitably formed head El by means lid is locked in position. At the opposite end of which the member t may be rotated. It will from the portion 2!! f the m be I5 is an enbe noted from an inspection of Figs. 1 and 2 that al'g d p ti i Which is heavier than the the head g of the member A is wholly contained portion 29 and which causes the member It; to 45 vithin the opening 3 of the housing 3 and that tilt on its support to a position in which the porthe space between the head ii and walls of the tion 20 is free of the journal box unless engaged housing is not sufficiently large to permit the inby the lock operating member ll. The lock opsertion of the fingers. In order to turn the me 1 erating member ll is threaded for a portion of her t a specially formed tool must be used which its length and is mounted in the wall 22 of the 50 is sufiiciently small to enter the opening 3 and housing i5. One end of the member H has 2. having a suitably formed opening for engaging suitably formed head by means of which the with the head 9 of the member l. member can be turned to advance or withdraw Within the housing 3 and at the side of the box the member into or out of contact with the memat which the lid is mounted is aresilient member her it. t the other end of the member I? is 55 a stop 23 which prevents the member from being removed from the housing. The head of the member I! is wholly contained within the housing I5 and is accessible from the exterior of the box through the opening 24 of the housing. As in the case of Figs. 1 and 2 the opening 2 1 of the housing is too small to permit the insertion of the fingers to turn the lock operating member l1. With the lid held in closed position the member I! is turned so as to move inwardly and tilt the member l6, bringing the portion 25 into engagement with the journal box and locking the lid in closed position. The member ll when turned in opposite direction moves out of contact with the member l6 and the portion 2! of that member being heavier than the box engaging portion moves downward by gravity and. freeing the member Hi from the box and the lid can then be opened.

Having thus described the invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination in a journal box having an opening in its front wall, of a lid pivoted to the box and adapted to close the opening, a latch pivotally mounted on the lid and normally inoperative when the lid is moved to closed position and a member mounted on the lid independent of the latch and adapted for advancement into the box to move the latch into operative position.

2. The combination in a journal box having an opening in its front wall, of a lid for closing the opening, a member movably mounted on the inner face of the lid for engagement with a wall of the box, a rotatable member mounted on the lid in spaced relation to the mounting of the first named member, and adapted when rotated to move and hold the first member in engagement with the box.

3. In a journal box, in combination, a hollow body portion, a lid, a housing on the lid having an open side adjacent the outer opening of the box and a depending end wall closing the housing, a screw threaded member projecting through said wall and within the housing, a projection on the housing forming a restricted opening and afiording access to the screw threaded member, and a latch mounted within the housing, operatively associated with the screw threaded member and releasably engaging the said body portion upon manipulation of the screw threaded member.

4. In a railway car journalbox, in combination, a hinged lid forming a cover for the box, a housing on the lid having an open inner side communicating with the interior of the box, a depending wall preventing access to the box through the housing, an opening in the wall and a screw threaded member disposed in said opening, means on said screw threaded member cooperating with said wall to restrict movement of the screw threaded member in a direction longitudinally of its axis, a latch mounted within said housing and projecting into the box when the lid is in closed position, said latch and screw threaded member being operably associated so as to move the latch into and out of engagement with the interior of the box upon rotation of the screw threaded member, a projection on said housing extending below said depending wall forming a restricted opening, the screw threaded member having its outer portion extending beyond the depending wall of the housing and within the restricted opening.

5. In a lock lid for a journal box, a housing including an end wall formed on the lid, a screw threaded member secured within the housing, in a position to be rotatable upon a longitudinal axis and restricted in movement longitudinally of said axis, a latch member within the housing and upon the said member, internal threads on the latch engaging the screw threaded member so as to move longitudinally thereof as the said member is rotated, a projection on said lid extending below the said end wall to form a restricted opening, one end of said screw threaded member projecting through said end wall and within the opening.

ALFRED C. SCHMOHL. J OHN P. ANDERSON. 

